Identifier	Type	Subject	Title	Web Resource
2189	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Other	1977 College of the Atlantic Commencement Invitation		1977 College of the Atlantic Commencement Invitation Identifier: 2189    Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Other Creator: College of the Atlantic Date: 1977-06-04 Collection: Commencement Collection Description: This is the invitation for the College of the Atlantic's fifth commencement celebration in 1977. It is illustrated with a green line drawing of a flowering sprig.
2188	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Other	1982 College of the Atlantic Commencement Invitation		1982 College of the Atlantic Commencement Invitation Identifier: 2188    Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Other Creator: College of the Atlantic Date: 1982-05-29 Collection: Commencement Collection Description: This is the invitation for the tenth commencement celebration of the College of the Atlantic, 1982. It has an illustration of two human figures in the style of a medieval illuminated manuscript, with lettering by Esther Ruth Kerkmann, '82.
2193	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Other	1980 College of the Atlantic Commencement Invitation		1980 College of the Atlantic Commencement Invitation Identifier: 2193    Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Other Creator: College of the Atlantic Date: 1980-05-31 Collection: Commencement Collection Description: This is the invitation for the College of the Atlantic's eighth commencement celebration, May 31, 1980. It has a botanical illustration of a flower and the inside of a fruit.
2190	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Other	1977 College of the Atlantic Commencement Invitation		1977 College of the Atlantic Commencement Invitation Identifier: 2190    Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Other Creator: College of the Atlantic Date: 1977-06-04 Collection: Commencement Collection Description: This is the invitation for the College of the Atlantic's fifth commencement celebration, June 4, 1977. It has a print in red ink depicting budding twigs.
2191	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Other	1978 College of the Atlantic Commencement Invitation		1978 College of the Atlantic Commencement Invitation Identifier: 2191    Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Other Creator: College of the Atlantic Date: 1978-06-03 Collection: Commencement Collection Description: This is the invitation for the College of the Atlantic's sixth commencement celebration, held at St. Saviour's Episcopal Church in Bar Harbor in 1978. It has an illustration in blue depicting a perching bird.
2192	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Other	1979 College of the Atlantic Commencement Invitation		1979 College of the Atlantic Commencement Invitation Identifier: 2192    Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Other Creator: College of the Atlantic Date: 1979-06-02 Collection: Commencement Collection Description: This is the invitation for the College of the Atlantic's seventh commencement celebration, June 2, 1979. It has an abstract green design and hand lettering.
2194	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Other	1981 College of the Atlantic Commencement Invitation		1981 College of the Atlantic Commencement Invitation Identifier: 2194    Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Other Creator: College of the Atlantic Date: 1981-05-30 Collection: Commencement Collection Description: This is the front of the College of the Atlantic's 1981 commencement invitation. It is illustrated with a print depicting a fruit tree in front of an island.
2195	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Other	1982 College of the Atlantic Commencement Celebration		1982 College of the Atlantic Commencement Celebration Identifier: 2195    Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Other Creator: College of the Atlantic Date: 1984-06-02 Collection: Commencement Collection Description: This is the front of the program pamphlet for the College of the Atlantic's twelfth commencement celebration, June 2, 1984. It is illustrated with a black line drawing depicting natural forms.
2196	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Other	1985 College of the Atlantic Commencement Materials		1985 College of the Atlantic Commencement Materials Identifier: 2196    Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Other Creator: College of the Atlantic Date: 1985-06-01 Collection: Commencement Collection Description: The first image is from the invitation the College of the Atlantic's thirteenth commencement celebration, June 1, 1985. It has an illustration depicting Aguilegia canadensis, or wild columbine. The second image is from the program leaflet for the commencement. It has an abstract illustration in black and white.
2217	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Other	1986 College of the Atlantic Commencement Materials		1986 College of the Atlantic Commencement Materials Identifier: 2217    Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Other Creator: College of the Atlantic Date: 1986-05-31 Collection: Commencement Collection Description: These are materials for the fourteenth commencement ceremony at the College of the Atlantic, May 31, 1986. The first image is from the commencement program. It has a black and white illustration depicting birds, by Trisha Braden. The second image is from the invitation to the commencement. It has a black and white image depicting the patterns left from waves in the sand.
2218	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Other	1987 College of the Atlantic Commencement Materials		1987 College of the Atlantic Commencement Materials Identifier: 2218    Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Other Creator: College of the Atlantic Date: 1987-05-30 Collection: Commencement Collection Description: These are materials from the fifteenth commencement ceremony at the College of the Atlantic, held on May 30, 1987. The first image is from the commencement program and has a black and white stylized illustration depicting plants. The second image is from the commencement invitation, and has a teal and white abstract design. The third image is a graduation pledge of environmental and social responsibility, originally from Humboldt State University in Arcata, California. The text of the pledge reads: "I, [name], pledge to thoroughly investigate and take into account the social and environmental consequences of any job opportunity I consider." The accompanying text describing the pledge says: "This Pledge is one of a burgeoning number of similar oaths and pledges being created by scientists, mathematicians, physicians, and others to foster greater awareness of the impact of work and study choices on global problems. Such public declarations of personal intent can reach far beyond the individual in their impact. Said one HSU Pledge signer, "When I get my first teaching job ... I'll have it on the wall of my classroom." The Graduation Pledge Alliance is promoting the Pledge to other universities." [show more]
2237	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Other	1988 College of the Atlantic Commencement Materials		1988 College of the Atlantic Commencement Materials Identifier: 2237    Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Other Creator: College of the Atlantic Date: 1988-05-28 Collection: Commencement Collection Description: These are materials from the College of the Atlantic's sixteenth commencement ceremony, held on May 28, 1988, in Bar Harbor. The first image is from the commencement invitation. It has a blue and white illustration depicting abstract human figures in a circle, locking arms. The second image is from the commencement program brochure. It has a stylized black and white illustration depicting a crane in mid-flight. According to a May 20, 1988 COA News release, the 1988 commencement ceremony included a large mobile constructed of one thousand origami cranes, made by members of the graduating class and community. The cranes symbolized world peace and were inspired by the memory of Sadako Sasaki, a survivor of the Hiroshima bomb whose project to make one thousand paper cranes became an international symbol of a wish for peace. [show more]
2238	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Other	1989 College of the Atlantic Commencement Materials		1989 College of the Atlantic Commencement Materials Identifier: 2238    Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Other Creator: College of the Atlantic Date: 1989-06-03 Collection: Commencement Collection Description: These are materials from the seventeenth commencement celebration at the College of the Atlantic, held on June 3, 1989. The first image is from the commencement invitation card. It has a detailed black and white line illustration by Katrina Hodgins. The second image is from the commencement program. It has a black and white photograph of a group of five young children, printed on a gray background. The photograph was taken by Jared Crawford. [show more]
2239	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Other	1990 College of the Atlantic Commencement Program		1990 College of the Atlantic Commencement Program Identifier: 2239    Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Other Creator: College of the Atlantic Date: 1990-06-02 Collection: Commencement Collection Description: This is the front cover of the program for the eighteenth commencement ceremony of the College of the Atlantic, held on June 2, 1990. It has a black and white print depicting a group of human figures climbing a set of stairs to look out at a view of water and evergreen trees. Some of the figures are helping other figures up, and one is raising their arms in wonder or celebration. The text reads: "Here comes the turn of the tide." Emily Bracale, '90 created the cover illustration, and it was printed on recycled paper. [show more]
2240	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Other	1991 College of the Atlantic Commencement Materials		1991 College of the Atlantic Commencement Materials Identifier: 2240    Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Other Creator: College of the Atlantic Date: 1991-06-08 Collection: Commencement Collection Description: These are materials from the nineteenth commencement ceremony at the College of the Atlantic, held on June 8th, 1991. The first image is from the commencement invitation. It features a grayscale photograph of a collection of rocks, taken by Noreen E. Hogan. The second image is from the commencement program. It is also in grayscale, and depicts waves in water. The art is credited to Ned Ormsby, and was printed on recycled paper. It also features a quote attributed toAmerican Transcendentalist writer Ralph Waldo Emerson. The quote by Emerson reads: "What is Success? To laugh often and love much, to win the respect of intelligent persons and the affection of children; to appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to give one's self; to leave the world a lot better whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition; to have played and laughed with enthusiasm and sung with exultation; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived -- this is to have succeeded." [show more]
2261	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Other	College of the Atlantic 1992 Commencement Materials		College of the Atlantic 1992 Commencement Materials Identifier: 2261    Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Other Creator: College of the Atlantic Date: 1992-06-02 Collection: Commencement Collection Description: These are materials from the twentieth commencement celebration of College of the Atlantic, which was held on June 6, 1992. The first two images are the commencement invitation. The invitation has a detailed and whimsical blue ink illustration of a winged human figure blowing a trumpet, surrounded by abstract shapes, on white paper. On the back there is hand lettering inviting attendees to the commencement ceremony. The second two images are the front and back of the commencement program. The front has a print in blue ink depicting a stylized sun with a face, with the text "college of the atlantic 1992" surrounding the sun. On the back, there is printed text that reads: "Founded by residents of Mount Desert Island in 1969, College of the Atlantic is a small private college located on the shores of Frenchman's Bay in Bar Harbor, Maine. COA grants two degrees in human ecology, a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Philosophy. Human Ecology emphasizes the interrelationships of humans and their natural, social, and technological environments. Core areas of study at the college include environmental science, arts and design, and human studies." At the bottom of this page, there is a quote by Margaret Mead in calligraphy, reading: "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever does." [show more]
2262	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Other	1993 College of the Atlantic Commencement Materials		1993 College of the Atlantic Commencement Materials Identifier: 2262    Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Other Creator: College of the Atlantic Date: 1993-06-05 Collection: Commencement Collection Description: These are materials from the twenty-first commencement celebration at College of the Atlantic, held on June 5, 1993. The two images are of the invitation and program. Both feature a simple design of the shape of the COA logo, printed in green ink. In this version of the COA logo, the "human" rune is composed of interlocking human arms; the "earth" rune is a tree; and the "water" rune is replaced by a stylized depiction of tree roots, with various shapes and symbols hidden inside the roots. [show more]
2263	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Other	1994 College of the Atlantic Commencement Invitation		1994 College of the Atlantic Commencement Invitation Identifier: 2263    Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Other Creator: College of the Atlantic Date: 1994-06-04 Collection: Commencement Collection Description: This is the invitation postcard from the twenty-second commencement celebration at College of the Atlantic, held on June 4, 1994. It is illustrated with an ornate print based on the COA logo in dark blue ink on a white background. The print is signed with the initials G.H.
2264	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Other	1995 College of the Atlantic Commencement Invitation		1995 College of the Atlantic Commencement Invitation Identifier: 2264    Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Other Creator: College of the Atlantic Date: 1995-06-03 Collection: Commencement Collection Description: This is the invitation to College of the Atlantic's twenty-third commencement celebration, held on June 3, 1995. It has a simple design in green ink, with a version of the COA logo surrounded by tiny designs in the style of Celtic knotwork.
2265	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Other	College of the Atlantic 1996 Commencement Invitation		College of the Atlantic 1996 Commencement Invitation Identifier: 2265    Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Other Creator: College of the Atlantic Date: 1996-06-08 Collection: Commencement Collection Description: This is the invitation card for the twenty-fourth commencement celebration of College of the Atlantic, held on June 8, 1996. It has a detailed illustration of the Turrets building on campus printed in dark purple ink, with the caption, "The Turrets, 1895, College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, Maine."
2266	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Other	College of the Atlantic 1997 Commencement Invitation		College of the Atlantic 1997 Commencement Invitation Identifier: 2266    Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Other Creator: College of the Atlantic Date: 1997-06-07 Collection: Commencement Collection Description: This is the invitation to the twenty-fifth commencement celebration at College of the Atlantic, held on June 7, 1997. The invitation is printed on gray paper and has an illustration depicting the shrine built in 1959, by the Oblate Fathers of Mary Immaculate, which used to be in what is currently the circle of cedars near the Center for Human Ecology. The sun and the text saying '1997' are in metallic silver. In 1997, the shrine was being repaired, renovated, and stabilized as part of a senior project. [show more]
2268	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Other	1999 College of the Atlantic Commencement Materials		1999 College of the Atlantic Commencement Materials Identifier: 2268    Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Other Creator: College of the Atlantic Date: 1999-06-05 Collection: Commencement Collection Description: These are materials from the twenty-seventh commencement ceremony at College of the Atlantic, held on June 5, 1999. The first image is the front of the invitation to the garden tea party for graduating seniors, faculty, and advisors, held at Beatrix Farrand Gardens on May 28, 1999. It has a detailed illustration of a flowering branch of what may be a cherry tree, done in green ink on a white background. The second image is the front of the commencement program. It has a woodblock print, done in black ink on a gray background, of a plant with a sprout above the soil and a bulb below. Inside the bulb are the runes from the COA logo. The woodblock print was done by Heather Albert-Knopp, '99. [show more]
2270	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Other	2002 College of the Atlantic Commencement Materials		2002 College of the Atlantic Commencement Materials Identifier: 2270    Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Other Creator: College of the Atlantic Date: 2002-06-08 Collection: Commencement Collection Description: These are materials from the thirtieth commencement ceremony at College of the Atlantic, held on June 8, 2002. The first image is the front of the commencement program. It has an illustration depicting a woman sitting with her back to the viewer looking at a small pond, which has the COA logo in it. The illustration was done by Kerrie C. Sands, '02. The program is printed on dark gray, acid-free, post-consumer waste fiber. The second image is the front of the invitation to graduating seniors to a garden tea party at Beatrix Farrand Gardens. It has an illustration depicting three plates. On the plates, the COA logo is in various states of being eaten. The cover design is credited to Blakeney Virginia Sanford, '02. [show more]
2271	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Other	2003 College of the Atlantic Commencement Materials		2003 College of the Atlantic Commencement Materials Identifier: 2271    Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Other Creator: College of the Atlantic Date: 2003-06-07 Collection: Commencement Collection Description: These are materials from the thirty-first commencement ceremony at College of the Atlantic, held on June 7, 2003. The first image is the invitation card sent to graduating seniors, faculty, and advisors, inviting them to a garden tea party at Beatrix Farrand Gardens to celebrate senior project completion. The invitation card is decorated with an illustrated border depicting pink and purple lilacs, credited to Ellen Blonder. The second image is the invitation card to the commencement ceremony. It has a watercolor painting in blue and earth tones that resembles the view of the ocean and land from one of Mount Desert Island's mountains. The art is credited to Alana Beard, '03, and the invitation was printed on recycled paper. [show more]
2272	Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard	Other	2004 College of the Atlantic Commencement Invitation		2004 College of the Atlantic Commencement Invitation Identifier: 2272    Type: Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard Subject: Other Creator: College of the Atlantic Date: 2004-06-05 Collection: Commencement Collection Description: This is the invitation to the thirty-second commencement ceremony at College of the Atlantic, held on June 5, 2004. The invitation card has a pastel drawing depicting two trees with mountains in the background. The illustration is credited to Andrew Moulton, '04.

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